Research becoming more transdisciplinary with each passing day, the boundaries drawn between each discipline and paradigm is constantly changing. Kindly substantiate your answer
Geography predates the division of knowledge into specific disciplines. In the beginning it was simply writing about the earth from the Greek words geo graphein. This is why it overlaps with climatology, hydrology, geology, biology, epidemiology, pedology etc. in the natural sciences and economics, sociology, politics, history, languages, literary studies etc. in the social sciences and humanities. In fact some have gone so far as to say there is no such thing as geography as a specific discipline. However, others have said that whenever we focus on the nature, causes and effects of spatial variation of any phenomenon over the earth's surface we are doing geographical work. So to answer your question directly: Yes, literary geography can be considered a part of geography as long as it studies spatial aspects of literature.
Thank you for your scholarly reply Oswell Namasasu . It is very much useful!
Arockia Licy Monika The Geography is the science that seeks to understand the relationship between society and nature in space. Based on this assumption, it is possible to say that, yes, literary studies are part of Geography as they provid information on spatial issues.
Literary Geography is considered as part of human geography. Literary Geography is the study of spatial and temporal changes happening in literature. However in recent time it becomes more engaging because of inclusion of theories and literary studies in geography.
Late Peter Meusburger was doing research on aspects of geography of literacy. At least there are two main publication, unluckily in german language only:
- 1) 1980: Beiträge zur Geographie des Bildungs- und Qualifikationswesens: regionale und soziale Unterschiede des Ausbildungsniveaus der österreichischen Bevölkerung, Institut für Geographie der Universität Innsbruck
- 2) 1998: Bildungsgeographie: Wissen und Ausbildung in der räumlichen Dimension, Spektrum, Heidelberg/Berlin 1998, ISBN 978-3-8274-0051-2.
In my humble opinion, I think that any spatializable phenomenon can be considered a geographical object. So literary geography could be part of cultural geography
Literary Geography is the characterization of space in literature, poetry and art.
I researched aspects of a war in central America, it´s been written several novels romans about the same conflict. The romans are very important, they describe the places, people, facts. Narratives are important and science reconstructs places, facts, and can use the narratives. Yes literature is a part of knowledge of the places. Example: Svetlana Alexievna
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